Irish unity better for Unionists

Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams said unionists in Northern Ireland need to be persuaded that a united Ireland is in their best interests.

Mr Adams told party delegates at their ard fheis that unionist and republican ministers have worked together at Stormont to combat cuts imposed from London.

He spoke of the advantages a single island economy could bring – and said harmonising systems north and south of the border would save money and create jobs.

“Sinn Féin wants to demonstrate to unionists that a united Ireland is also in their interests,” he told the conference in Killarney, Co Kerry.

“A United Ireland makes sense. A single Island economy makes sense.

“It does not make sense on an island this size and with a population of six million, to have two states, two bureaucracies, two sets of government departments, and two sets of agencies competing for inward investment.